Bài ôn tập môn Tiếng Anh khối 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations

Exercise 1: Decide whether the statements are true T or false F: F • Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar • According to the text, for people anywhere in F the world th[r]

Kính chào thầy, cô đến thăm lớp 11A7

• lucky money

• apricot blossom

• firecrackers

• jam

• red banner

• peach blossom

On what holiday do we have these things ?

a At Christmas

On Tet holidays

c In Mid - Autumn b.

Unit 8: Celebrations

Reading:

New words :

1. celebration

(n)

 celebrate (v)

2. grand (adj)

= enjoyable

Grammar:

Examples:

grand the grandest important  the most important

Superlatives: (so sánh nhất)

• the + adj/ adv – est (ngắn)

• the + most + adj/ adv (dài)

3 western calendar

4 lunar calendar

5. agrarian (adj)

agrarian people = farmers

6. preparation (n)

prepare (v)

7. spread (v)

8. excitement (n)

excite (v)

exciting (adj) # excited

9. decorate (v) with

decoration (n)

10. banner (n)

 Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much shorter

 Streets are decorated with colored lights and red banners

11 kumquat tree

12 sticky rice

13 green beans

14 fatty pork

“Bánh chưng” materials

15. traditional (adj)

16. polite (adj) # impolite

17. influence (n, v)

18. positive (adj) # negative

19. comment (n)

20. exchange (v)

21. pagoda (n)

22. pray (v) for

 People go to the pagoda and pray for a happy

new year for themselves and their family

 Bánh chưng, jam(mứt) and Chinese braised pork (thịt kho tàu) are traditional foods on Tet holidays

forms of entertainment

Exercise 1: Decide whether the statements are true (T)

or false (F):

• Tet is always on 20 th February on the Western

calendar

• According to the text, for people anywhere in

the world the beginning of spring is the start of

the new year

• Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays

• Kumquat trees are popular both in the North

and in the South of Vietnam

• According to the text, “lucky money” is given to

everyone at Tet

• People try to be nice and polite to each other

because they want to have good luck on New

Year’s Day

F F T T F T

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions

1 When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?

2 How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last

in the past?

3 What do streets look like before Tet?

4 What do people do to prepare for Tet?

foods

5 What is banh chung made from?

Write a short paragraph to tell about your

last Tet holiday

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